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S. SOHEUER.

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No. 240,275. PatentedApril 19,188l.

WITNESSES:

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SIMON SCHEUER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,275, dated April 19, 1881.

Application filed January 22, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON SoHEUER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fans of that class in which a forked handle is employed, to the outer end of which the fan is pivot-ally connected, so that it can be swung around the pivot into open or closed position and secured to either side of the forked handle.

The invention consists of a fan which is pivoted to the outer end of a forked handle, one end plate of the fan being retained at one side of the handle and guided thereon by a slot on a fixed stud at the base of the handle, while the other end plate is adapted to be swung around the pivot and throw the fan into open or closed position.

The swinging end plate is secured, by means of eyelets, to a headed stud of the sliding end plate at one side of the fan, or to a headed stud at the other side of the handle.

In the accompanying drawin gs,'Fignre 1 represents a side view of my improved fan, showing it in open position. Fig. 2 is aside view, showing it in closed position and partly in section, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

. Referring to the drawings, A represents a fan of any suitable material, size, or finish, which is pivotally connected to a fixed pin, a, at the end of a forked handle portion, B. The fan is arranged with two end plates, 0 0, one of which is permanently retained at one side of the handle, while the other is adapted to be swung around the pivot from one side of the handle to the other and back again, so as to open or close the fan thereby. Both end plates, 0 C, are extended somewhat beyond the base of the forked portion of the handle, the end plate 0 being retained at the base of the forked portion by a headed stud, I), along which it is guided by a slot, 1), so that it can slide along the stud and adjust itself to the fan in opening or closing the same. The other end plate, 0, is free to be swung around the pivot a, it being provided near its outer end with two eyelets, d, by which it can be locked either to a headed stud, d, near the upper end of the slot of the sliding end plate, or to a similarly-headed stud, d of the base of the forked handle portion at the opposite side of the same. The guide-stud b of the sliding end plate at one side, as well as the stud d at the other side, of the handle are preferably setinto side recesses, e, of the base of the forked handle portion, so that the end plates do not project beyond the side edges of the forked portion when the handle is closed, but are flush with the same.

' When the swinging end plate 0 is locked by its slot to the stud d at one side of the forked handle, the fan is folded into closed position within the handle, the forked portion forming, with the end plates, a case for the same, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. On detaching the end plate 0 and swinging it over to the opposite side of the handle, the fan is opened, in which position it is retained by locking the end plate 0 to the stud of the sliding end plate G, as shown in Fig. 1.

The fan is so connected at the center to the pivot-pin a that the end plate 0 follows the closing or opening motion of'the fan and slides up and down along its guide-stud. In the open position of the fan the swinging end plate overlaps the sliding end plate, while in the closed position of the fan the end plates are retained symmetrically to the center line of the handle, one at each side thereof.

The swinging end plate may be provided with a cord and tassel or a ring, for greater convenience in opening or closing the fan.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patcut-- 1. The combination, with a forked handle, B, having headed studs 1) and d at opposite sides thereof, of a pivoted fan, A, one end plate of which is retained and guided by a slot along stud I), while the other swinging end plate is locked, by slot b, either to a stud, d, of the sliding end plate, or to the stud d of the handle, so as to be retained in open or closed position, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a forked handle with In testimony that I claim the foregoing as a fan pivoted to the outer end of the handle, my invention I have signed my name, in pres- 10 the fan being connected at one end, by a slidence of two Witnesses, this 2] st day of J anuing end p1ate,to the handle, and locked into any, 1880.

5 open or closed position by a swinging end SIMON SOHEUER.

plate and fastening devices of the sliding end Witnesses: plate and handle, respectively, substantially as PAUL GoEPEL, set forth. CARL KARI. 

